Where are Bradford s worst potholes? EVERY year hundreds if not thousands of potholes are created on roads around the Bradford district. Freezing winter weather, combined with tens of thousands of cars, vans and lorries using the roads every day, leads to damage on the roads and inevitably to potholes forming up. There are bad potholes all over the district, and we spotted some particularly deep ones at the weekend in Westgate Hill Street at the junction with Bradford Road, where tarmac has crumbled around drains leaving very deep holes posing a serious risk to cyclists and of damaging vehicles. In the latest round of 2020/21 pothole repair funding, West Yorkshire Combined Authority received just shy of £24 million from the Government to fix potholes across the county.
THE YORKSHIRE Party has claimed that the mass transit system proposed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority is just ‘lines on a map’ without the devolved powers and budget to deliver it. Yorkshire Party leader, Bob Buxton, said: “I welcome the ambition of these proposals, having called for new transport systems since 2014. It’s early days and the people of West Yorkshire need to be consulted and listened to, to get the details right - but the concept is a good one.” “Good ideas are just the start - there’s no budget to deliver anything. The new mayor won’t have nearly enough spending power and our region’s share of the £4.2bn Urban Transport Fund won’t cover it either – if we get anything at all.”
The three storey market will also include an outdoor courtyard area between Darley Street and Piccadilly. A report to the committee says: Bradford Council plans to make its city centre a greener, healthier, vibrant, modern, attractive and sustainable place that will continue to be the economic core of the district. The city centre will stimulate business growth and create new jobs whilst also meeting the housing, social and well-being needs of a new, larger and multi-generational resident community. To achieve this, the Council is proposing to totally re-purpose and revitalise the part of the city centre, which was previously at the heart of its commercial and retail sectors, by creating a new City Village which will be a green, healthy, and sustainable neighbourhood of 1,000 new homes.
Billion pound devolution deal for West Yorkshire signed into law
Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government signs Order bringing into law a historic devolution deal for West Yorkshire.
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29 January 2021
In another major boost for the Northern Powerhouse, Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government Luke Hall today (29 January 2021) signed an Order bringing into law a historic devolution deal for West Yorkshire.
In a significant moment for local government in the region, the deal will pave the way for the creation of a new mayor and Mayoral Combined Authority.
The region will now elect its first ever mayor who will oversee an annual £38 million budget, new powers over transport, education and housing and regeneration, as well as control of the Adult Education Budget. In total, this means that the Mayoral Combined Authority will have access to over £1.1 billion to invest into the region. The Mayor of West Yorkshire will also become the region’s Police and
WEST Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership are offering advice and support to help businesses across the region adapt to the new requirements of Brexit. Analysis of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement by the Combined Authority shows that this could affect up to 4,800 export businesses and around £2.4 billion of services. To help businesses in the region understand and adapt to the new international trading environment, and build new opportunities, the LEP has put in place a new service offering one-to-one advice and technical support. Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leader of Bradford Council, said: “Our changing trading relationship with the EU and the rest of the world means many of our businesses will be facing extra bureaucracy and complexity when buying or selling goods or services abroad.